A Vietnamese photographer has captured a stunning series of photos of women harvesting long-stemmed waterlilies along the Mekong Delta. The rich, vibrant colors and sweeping lines lift profound works of art from this humble annual practice. “The ‘Lilies Harvest’ series was taken in Long An province,” photographer Pham Huy Trung, 42, told The Epoch Times by email. “Whenever water season comes—August to November—farmers are eager to crop food and vegetables on the rivers for their family. “Especially the waterlily,” he explained, “which is one kind of charming and colorful flower that grows around the area of the flooding fields. They look elegant in the middle of dark water.” Waterlilies bloom in the early morning. As the Mekong Delta resides about 100 kilometers from Trung’s home in Ho Chi Minh City, he starts the day early himself, reaching the delta in sync with the rising sun and the start of the farmers’ …